Tony Rubin is a philanthropist and donor to The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where he and his wife, Linda Rubin, fund the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics. Their philanthropy extends to Middle East policy research and preserving Holocaust history, for which they were honored with the National Leadership Award by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at its '2019 Los Angeles Dinner: What You Do Matters' event on March 6, 2019, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Tony Rubin earned a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1977. The Rubins are distinguished from other individuals sharing similar names in finance, media, or science fields.